Village Global's Venture Stories

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Village Global's Venture Stories takes you inside the world of venture capital and technology, featuring enlightening interviews with entrepreneurs, investors and tech industry leaders. The podcast is hosted by Village Global partner and co-founder Erik Torenberg. Check us out on the web at villageglobal.vc/podcast for more.

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Disrupting VC Benchmarking ...

06.01.2023

Eric Woo (@ericjwoo), co-founder and CEO of Revere, and Spencer Tyson (@SpencerGTyson), Head of Investment Ratings at Revere, join Olga Serhiyevich (@olgaserhi), Head of Investor Relations at Village Global. Revere has pioneered the world’s first rating system for venture capital ...

Village Global's Venture Stories episodes:

06.01.2023 Disrupting VC Benchmarking and Closing The LP-GP Information Gap with Eric Woo and Spencer Tyson Eric Woo (@ericjwoo), co-founder and CEO of Revere, and Spencer Tyson (@SpencerGTyson), Head of Investment Ratings at Revere, join Olga Serhiyevich (@olgaserhi), Head of Investor Relations at Village Global. Revere has pioneered the world’s first rating system for venture capital ...
05.18.2023 Investing Across Cycles, Tech Transformation, and Partnering Effectively with Entrepreneurs with Jon Korngold Jon Korngold joins Olga Serhiyevich, Head of Investor Relations, on this episode. Jon is the Global Head of Blackstone Growth (BXG) and Co-Head of Technology Investing at Blackstone. Prior to joining Blackstone, Jon was Head of General Atlantic’s Global Financial ...
05.09.2023 Tokenizing Film Finance with Marc Iserlis Marc Iserlis is a film/TV producer and documentary filmmaker joins Village Global's Head of Investor Relations Olga Serhiyevich (@olgaserhi). Marc is currently building tokenized film financing at Republic, an alternative fundraising platform.Takeaways:- Marc’s ambition is at Republic is to allow ...
04.18.2023 The Startup of You: Navigating Status Dynamics, Name Dropping, and Lessons on Hustle Ben Casnocha (@bencasnocha) and Reid Hoffman (@reidhoffman) are co-authors of The Startup of You: Adapt to the Future, Invest in Yourself, and Transform Your Career. In the book, they look at the best of Silicon Valley startups and derive entrepreneurial ...
04.14.2023 The Startup of You: How To Reference Check, Taking Smart Risks, and Lessons from Airbnb Ben Casnocha (@bencasnocha) and Reid Hoffman (@reidhoffman) are co-authors of The Startup of You: Adapt to the Future, Invest in Yourself, and Transform Your Career. In the book, they look at the best of Silicon Valley startups and derive entrepreneurial ...
04.11.2023 The Intersection of Technology and Media with Louise Story Louise Story (@louisestory) most recently was the Chief News Strategist and Chief Product & Technology Officer at The Wall Street Journal. Louise also spent more than a decade at the New York Times. She joins Olga Serhiyevich on this episode ...
03.16.2023 Creating a Talent Marketplace with David Boehmer David Boehmer (@DavBoehmer) speaks to Olga Serhiyevich (@olgaserhi) about the talent intermediation industry, the evolution of business models in the sector, and creating a talent marketplace at Banff.Takeaways:- Chance often has a significant impact on a person’s career but David ...
02.07.2023 Talent Identification, Hierarchies, and Clustering with Rohit Krishnan Rohit Krishnan (@krishnanrohit), venture capitalist and author of the blog Strange Loop Cannon, joins Erik on this episode. Takeaways:- Many of the people at the top of their fields today say they would never get hired if they were just ...
01.26.2023 Thematic investing in fertility and semiconductor sectors at Recharge, technonationalism, and lessons from David Swensen with Lorin Gu Lorin Gu, founding partner of Recharge Capital, joins Olga Serhiyevich, Head of Investor Relations at Village Global to discuss:- Why Recharge structures its investing thematically, rather than by asset class.- The three themes that they believe have multi-decade headwinds behind ...
01.12.2023 Alex Chalunkal on Structured Equity and The Current Investing Environment Alex Chalunkal is Chief Investment Officer at a family office where he manages a $1B+ portfolio focused on impact, venture, and climate tech investing. He was interviewed by Olga Serhiyevich, Head of Investor Relations at Village Global. Takeaways: - Alex ...
12.13.2022 Ian Bremmer on The Intersection of Geopolitics and Technology Ian Bremmer (@ianbremmer), president and founder of Eurasia Group and GZERO Media joins Olga Serhiyevich (@olgaserhi), Head of Investor Relations at Village Global for a conversation about global geopolitical trends and their impact on technology. Takeaways:- Ian has been in ...
11.10.2022 The Future of the Space Economy with Mo Islam Mo Islam (@itsmoislam), co-founder of Payload Space, joins Lucas Bagno and Ian Cinnamon on this episode. Takeaways:- There is no doubt that we are in the early stages of the space economy, Mo says.- The cost to go to Mars ...
11.03.2022 Dual Use Tech with Ari Schuler and Andrea Garrity Ari Schuler, CEO of goTenna, and Andrea Garrity, Chief Growth Officer of goTenna, join Lucas Bagno and Ian Cinnamon join us on this episode of Solarpunk. Takeaways:- goTenna was founded after Hurricane Sandy when a brother and sister didn’t know ...
10.26.2022 Unbundling K-12 Education with Joe Connor of Odyssey Joe Connor (@josephjconnor), founder of Odyssey (@WithOdyssey_), joins Anne Dwane and Lucas Bagno on this episode. Takeaways:- ACT test scores are at the lowest level in 30 years. 42% of students met none of the college readiness benchmarks.- District schools ...
10.24.2022 Spacecraft Manufacturing with Apex’s Ian Cinnamon and Max Benassi Ian Cinnamon (@iancinnamon), co-founder and CEO of Apex Space, and Max Benassi (@mxbenassi), co-founder and CTO, join Lucas Bagno on this episode of Solarpunk. Takeaways:- The cost per kilogram to get things into space has gone down dramatically over the ...
10.20.2022 A Deep Dive on SBIRs with Ben Van Roo Ben Van Roo (@DavidNorthStar), co-founder and CEO of Yurts AI, joins Lucas Bagno on this episode of Solarpunk. Takeaways:- The Small Business Innovation Research program was originally developed as a grant program to allow small companies do innovative research. The ...
10.18.2022 Deep Nishar’s Lessons From Building Products at Google and LinkedIn Deep Nishar (@deepnishar), Managing Director at General Catalyst and formerly of LinkedIn and Google, joins Anne Dwane on this episode. Takeaways:- The best product hires have the brain of an engineer, the heart of a designer, and the speech of ...
10.06.2022 Reimagining The Kill Chain with Christian Brose Christian Brose (@cdbrose), Chief Strategy Officer at Anduril and author of The Kill Chain, joins Lucas Bagno on this episode. Takeaways:- The US military and its procurement system has been built for equipment that is big, heavy, and hard to ...
09.29.2022 Restoring Dynamism in a Decadent Society with Ross Douthat Ross Douthat (@DouthatNYT), New York Times columnist and author of The Decadent Society, joins Lucas Bagno and Ian Cinnamon on this episode. Takeaways:- Since the moon landing, we have entered a period of stagnation. Confidence and optimism have declined and ...
09.27.2022 Data-Driven Insights on Venture Capital with Steve Kim Steve Kim (https://www.linkedin.com/in/stevenrkim/), Partner and head of Investment Strategy at Verdis, a 9-generation single family office, joins Olga Serhiyevich (@olgaserhi), Head of Investor Relations at Village Global, on this episode. Takeaways: Early stage venture is a power law asset class ...
09.22.2022 Innovating in National Security with Raj Shah Raj Shah, Managing Partner at Shield Capital, joins Lucas Bagno and Ian Cinnamon on this episode. Takeaways:- Raj and Shield don’t care whether a founding team has experience selling to government, because the firm can help with that. They evaluate ...
09.20.2022 The State of Digital Transformation in Latin America in 2022 Julio Vasconcellos and Ana Martins, partners at Atlantico, join Anne Dwane and Lucas Bagno on this episode to discuss Atlantico's Latin America Digital Transformation Report 2022. Takeaways:- In the rest of the world, digital adoption has reverted to the pre-pandemic ...
09.15.2022 Mike Brown on How To Ensure The US Leads Defense Innovation Mike Brown, former director of the Defense Innovation Unit, joins Lucas Bagno and Ian Cinnamon on this episode. Takeaways:- It can easily take 10-20 years for tech to make its way into the Department of Defense. The Defense Innovation Unit ...
09.01.2022 Investing in Defense with Alex Moore Alex Moore (@AustinGiraffe), investor at 8VC and board member at Palantir, joins Lucas Bagno and Ian Cinnamon on this episode of Solarpunk. Takeaways:- Alex was one of the original team members at Palantir. He says that helping build the company ...
08.30.2022 Web 3 Series: Bringing Smart Contracts to Bitcoin with Muneeb Ali Muneeb Ali (@muneeb), co-founder of Stacks, joins Erik on this episode. Takeaways:- Muneeb says that Bitcoin is winning as money, and that he wants to make that capital productive. He’s "bringing smart contracts to where the money is."- Bitcoin’s architecture ...
08.23.2022 Web 3 Series: Building a Decentralized Social Network with Dan Romero of Farcaster Dan Romero (@dwr) of Farcaster joins Erik on this episode. Takeaways:- Dan says that his first love was information. He loved RSS and the goal with Farcaster is to improve RSS enough so that it can compete with Twitter.- He ...
08.16.2022 Web 3 Series: How Macro will Impact Crypto with Travis Kling Travis Kling (@travis_kling) of Ikigai Asset Management joins Erik on this episode. Takeaways:- Bitcoin’s value proposition is the most challenged in the five years that Travis has been paying attention to it. It has underperformed in the market downturn and ...
08.11.2022 The Rare Earths Threat with Nathan Picarsic Nathan Picarsic, co-founder of Horizon Advisory, joins Lucas Bagno and Ian Cinnamon on this episode of Solarpunk. Takeaways: - There are 17 rare earth metals that are of immense strategic importance. They are used in a vast array of everyday ...
08.09.2022 Web 3 Series: The Transformative Power of Smart Contracts with Joel Monegro Joel Monegro (@jmonegro), partner at Placeholder, joins Erik on this episode. Takeaways:- Every financial asset is a contract between two or more people. The world economy is basically a set of contracts on a ledger.- A smart contract is like ...
08.04.2022 Steve Blank on Rebuilding the Department of Defense Steve Blank (@sgblank), creator of Hacking For Defense and author of 4 Steps To The Epiphany, joins Lucas Bagno and Ian Cinnamon on this episode of Solarpunk. Takeaways:- The secret history of Silicon Valley is that it emerged from the ...
08.02.2022 Antonio Garcia-Martinez on Why Ads are an Inevitable Part of Web 3 Antonio Garcia-Martinez (@antoniogm), author of The Pull Request, joins Erik Torenberg and Ian Cinnamon on this episode. Takeaways:- The first version of ads on the web, banner ads, looked like ads in the newspaper, because often the new version of ...
07.26.2022 Web 3 Series: The Trillion Dollar Opportunity to Reshape Money with Avichal Garg Avichal Garg (@avichal), founder of Electric Capital, joins Erik on this episode. Takeaways:- Downturns impact large companies much more than founders and early stage investors because the companies are so small relative to their total addressable market.- Managing your own ...
07.19.2022 Web3 Series: The Next Chapter for DAOs, Gaming, and Crypto Communities with Jeff Morris Jr. Jeff Morris Jr. (@jmj), investor at Chapter One, joins Erik Torenberg and co-host Ian Cinnamon. Takeaways:- Jeff realized the power of subscriptions during his time at Tinder. He says that digital goods are an even better version of subscriptions.- Web3 ...
07.14.2022 Web3 Series: How Music Will Drive Web3 with Cooper Turley Cooper Turley (@Cooopahtroopa) joins Erik on this episode. Takeaways:- Cooper believes that in 5-10 years music streaming will all be happening on chain.- Cooper cares much more about where culture is happening and where people are spending their time than ...
07.12.2022 Our Hypersonic Future with Hermeus’ AJ Piplica AJ Piplica (@AJ_Piplica), founder and CEO of Hermeus, joins Lucas Bagno and Ian Cinnamon on this episode. Takeaways:- Every time there has been an acceleration in the speed of transportation in history, high GDP growth has followed.- A switch to ...
07.07.2022 Building a World-Changing Labor Marketplace with Mike Shebat of Traba Mike Shebat (@mike_sheb), co-founder and CEO of Traba, joins Erik Torenberg and Lucas Bagno on this episode. Takeaways:- There is a huge problem with meeting demand for workers at warehouses and fulfilment centres. There are 75% more jobs in those ...
07.05.2022 SBIRs, PORs, and Lobbyists with Peter Newell Peter Newell (@PeterANewell), CEO of BMNT, joins Lucas Bagno and Ian Cinnamon on this episode of Solarpunk. Takeaways:- Peter was “handed the Ferrari of skunkworks” when he came to be in charge of the Rapid Equipping Force. It was a ...
07.01.2022 Web3 Series: JD Ross and 3LAU on How Royal is Transforming The Artist-Fan Relationship JD Ross (@justindross) and Justin Blau (@3LAU), co-founders of Royal, join Erik Torenberg and co-host Ian Cinnamon for this episode of our web3 series. Takeaways:- Royal stems from their vision to invest in talent early on.- Streaming increased by 60-70x ...
06.29.2022 Erik Torenberg on How Startups Can Help Save The World Erik Torenberg (@eriktorenberg), co-founder and general partner at Village Global and co-founder and co-CEO of On Deck join Lucas Bagno and Ian Cinnamon on this episode of Solarpunk. Takeaways:- Startups are the most effective organizations for solving our biggest problems.- ...
06.23.2022 Web3 Series: The State of Crypto in 2022 with Tushar Jain Tushar Jain (@TusharJain_), co-founder and managing partner of Multicoin Capital, joins Erik on this episode to discuss:- The history of crypto over the last several years and the various moments that different technologies like Bitcoin, NFTs, tokens, and others have ...
06.21.2022 The Future Industrial Network with Hondo Geurts James “Hondo” Geurts, former Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Research, Development and Acquisition, joins Lucas Bagno and Ian Cinnamon on this episode. Takeaways:- What kept Hondo up at night was that there was a good idea out there that ...
06.16.2022 Web3 Series: Haseeb Qureshi on Navigating The Bear Market and The Next Chapter for Crypto Haseeb Qureshi (@hosseeb), managing partner at Dragonfly Capital, joins Erik for an episode of our Web3 series. Takeaways:- This bear market is driven by macro factors rather than endogenous ones. - It turns out crypto is in fact correlated with ...
06.14.2022 Noah Smith's Deep Dive on the Chinese Economy - The narrative that China can do no wrong and why Noah says it is out of date at this point.- The long-term headwinds that China is facing, including demographic changes, resource limitations, and real estate challenges.- Why America should ...
06.09.2022 Web3 Series: Kyle Samani on ETH Bearishness, DeFi, and Web3 Social Kyle Samani (@kylesamani), co-founder and managing partner at Multicoin Capital, joins Erik on this episode to discuss:- How crypto enables people to coordinate and set up things in the physical world, as with the Helium project.- The shift in Ethereum ...
06.07.2022 Jacob Helberg on China’s Global Influence Jacob Helberg (@jacobhelberg), foreign policy expert and author of The Wires of War, joins Lucas Bagno and Ian Cinnamon to discuss:- Why he says peace through trade was the biggest foreign policy miscalculation in US history.- How US companies have ...
06.03.2022 Tyler Cowen on Talent: How to Identify Energizers, Creatives, and Winners Around the World Tyler Cowen (@tylercowen) is an economist, professor, and best-selling author. His latest book, Talent: How to Identify Energizers, Creatives, and Winners Around the World, written with co-author Daniel Gross, is available now. Tyler discusses how to discover undervalued talent, the ...
06.02.2022 Back to the Basics: Building in a Downturn with Geoff Lewis Geoff Lewis (@GeoffLewisOrg), founder at Bedrock, joins Lucas Bagno and Ian Cinnamon to discuss:- His thoughts on the markets and the advice he has for founders operating in a market like this one.- What is driving financial nihilism and how ...
05.26.2022 Bilal Zuberi on Unifying America Bilal Zuberi (@bznotes), partner at Lux Capital, joins Lucas Bagno and Ian Cinnamon to discuss:- Bilal’s investing thesis of finding companies building solutions to interesting problems that impact a lot of people.- Why he’s investing in space and defense companies.- ...
05.17.2022 Hemant Taneja, General Catalyst on Responsible Innovation, Un-scaling & Thriving in regulated industries Hemant Taneja (@htaneja), managing partner at General Catalyst and author of Intended Consequences, joins Anne Dwane and Village Global’s newest partner, Prateek Alsi, to discuss:- What responsible innovation is and how tech can do good in the world using the ...
05.12.2022 Laura Crabtree on Space Software Laura Crabtree (@llcrabbie), founder and CEO of Epsilon3, joins Lucas Bagno and Ian Cinnamon on this episode to discuss:- What she accomplished during her time at SpaceX and her journey to starting Epsilon3. - Whether the biggest contribution of SpaceX ...

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